Admit

[əd'mɪt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; 'He admitted his errors'; 'She acknowledged that she might have forgotten'.

(verb.) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; 'admit someone to the profession'; 'She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar'.

(verb.) allow to enter; grant entry to; 'We cannot admit non-members into our club building'; 'This pipe admits air'.

(verb.) serve as a means of entrance; 'This ticket will admit one adult to the show'.

(verb.) give access or entrance to; 'The French doors admit onto the yard'.

(verb.) afford possibility; 'This problem admits of no solution'; 'This short story allows of several different interpretations'.

艾德琳校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.

(v. t.) To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.

(v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.

(v. t.) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.

(v. t.) To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

丹尼斯校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Receive, grant entrance to, let in, take in, open the door to.[2]. Concede, accept, grant, acknowledge, own, confess, take for granted, agree to, accede to, acquiesce in.[3]. Permit, allow, bear, admit of, be capable of.

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解釋/意思:

v.t. to allow to enter: to let in: to concede: to acknowledge: to be capable of:—pr.p. admit′ting; pa.p. admit′ted.—n. Admissibil′ity.—adj. Admis′sible that may be admitted or allowed (generally or specially as legal proof).—ns. Admis′sion Admit′tance the act of admitting: anything admitted or conceded: leave to enter.—adj. Admit′table that may be admitted.—adv. Admit′tedly.

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